A pistol dating from circa 1600-1625 made of steel, silver, wood, mother-of-pearl; engraved, encrusted, gilded, silver-gilt in the Moscow Kremlin Armoury workshops by the master Pervusha (Pervoy) Isaev whose maker's mark in the form of a swan in a shield are featured on the lock plates. The lock-plates are engraved with floral ornament and a depiction of a subject popular in both Russian and made in the Russian Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow.

US Military Carbines. The Carbine Concept vanished with horse cavalry, but was revived for mechanized warfare. In 1941 the US Army returned to the carbine concept with the M1 .30 Carbine (top). A paratrooper version was the M1A1 (middle) and then an M2 select fire version (bottom) was developed. More from the October 2017 issue of GUNS Magazine. #righttobeararms #wwii #carbines #igmilitia #m1 #m1a1 #m2 #igmilitia #2a #freedomfriday